Definition of quash

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quash ¹    (kwsh) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
quashed , quash·ing , quash·es

To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassre, alteration (influenced by quassre, to shatter), of cassre from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots

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